This is the chords of Murder Most Foul by Bob Dylan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It was a dark day in Dallas, November \’63
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A day that will live on in infamy
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President Kennedy was a-ridin\’ high
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Good day to be livin\’ and a good day to die
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Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
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He said, \”Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?\”
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\”Of course we do, we know who you are!\”
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Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
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Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
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Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
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You got unpaid debts, we\’ve come to collect
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We\’re gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
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We\’ll mock you and shock you and we\’ll put it in your face
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We\’ve already got someone here to take your place
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The day they blew out the brains of the king
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Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
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It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
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Right there in front of everyone\’s eyes
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Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
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Perfectly executed, skillfully done
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Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
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Rub-a-dub-dub, it\’s a murder most foul
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Hush, little children, you\’ll understand
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The Beatles are comin\’, they\’re gonna hold your hand
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Slide down the banister, go get your coat
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Ferry \’cross the Mersey and go for the throat
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There\’s three bums comin\’ all dressed in rags
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Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
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I\’m goin\’ to Woodstock, it\’s the Aquarian Age
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Then I\’ll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
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Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
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There\’s a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
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Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
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Don\’t say Dallas don\’t love you, Mr. President
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Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
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Try to make it to the triple underpass
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Blackface singer, whiteface clown
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Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
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Up in the red light district, they\’ve got cop on the beat
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Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
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When you\’re down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
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Don\’t ask what your country can do for you
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Cash on the ballot, money to burn
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Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
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I\’m going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
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The place where faith, hope, and charity lie
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Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
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See if you can shoot the invisible man
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Goodbye, Charlie! Goodbye, Uncle Sam!
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Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don\’t give a damn
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What is the truth, and where did it go?
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Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
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\”Shut your mouth,\” said a wise old owl
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Business is business, and it\’s a murder most foul
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Tommy, can you hear me? I\’m the Acid Queen
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I\’m riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
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Ridin\’ in the backseat next to my wife
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Headed straight on in to the afterlife
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I\’m leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
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Hold on, I\’ve been led into some kind of a trap
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Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
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We\’re right down the street, from the street where you live
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They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
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What more could they do? They piled on the pain
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But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
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For the last fifty years they\’ve been searchin\’ for that
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Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
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I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
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Send me some lovin\’, then tell me no lie
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Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
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Wake up, little Susie, let\’s go for a drive
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Cross the Trinity River, let\’s keep hope alive
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Turn the radio on, don\’t touch the dials
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Parkland hospital, only six more miles
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You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
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That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
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I\’m just a patsy like Patsy Cline
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Never shot anyone from in front or behind
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I\’ve blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
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I\’m never gonna make it to the new frontier
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Zapruder\’s film I seen night before
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Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
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It\’s vile and deceitful, it\’s cruel and it\’s mean
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Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
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They killed him once and they killed him twice
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Killed him like a human sacrifice
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The day that they killed him, someone said to me, \”Son
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The age of the Antichrist has just only begun\”
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Air Force One comin\’ in through the gate
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Johnson sworn in at 2:38
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Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
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It is what it is, and it\’s murder most foul
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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What\’s new, pussycat? What\’d I say?
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I said the soul of a nation been torn away
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And it\’s beginning to go into a slow decay
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And that it\’s thirty-six hours past Judgment Day
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Wolfman Jack, he\’s speaking in tongues
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He\’s going on and on at the top of his lungs
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Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
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Play it for me in my long Cadillac
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Play me that \”Only the Good Die Young\”
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Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
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Play \”St. James Infirmary\” and the Court of King James
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If you want to remember, you better write down the names
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Play Etta James, too, play \”I\’d Rather Go Blind\”
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Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
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Play John Lee Hooker, play \”Scratch My Back\”
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Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
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Guitar Slim going down slow
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Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 5]
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Play \”Please Don\’t Let Me Be Misunderstood\”
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Play it for the First Lady, she ain\’t feeling any good
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Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
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Take it to the limit and let it go by
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Play it for Carl Wilson, too
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Looking far, far away down Gower Avenue
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Play tragedy, play \”Twilight Time\”
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Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
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Play another one and \”Another One Bites the Dust\”
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Play \”The Old Rugged Cross\” and \”In God We Trust\”
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Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
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Stand there and wait for his head to explode
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Play \”Mystery Train\” for Mr. Mystery
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The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
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Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor
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Play it for the dog that got no master
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Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
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Play \”Blue Sky,\” play Dickey Betts
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Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
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Charlie Parker and all that junk
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All that junk and \”All That Jazz\”
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Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
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Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
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Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
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Play the numbers, play the odds
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Play \”Cry Me A River\” for the Lord of the gods
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Play Number nine, play Number six
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Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
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Play Nat King Cole, play \”Nature Boy\”
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Play \”Down In The Boondocks\” for Terry Malloy
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Play \”It Happened One Night\” and \”One Night of Sin\”
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There\’s twelve million souls that are listening in
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Play \”Merchant of Venice\”, play \”Merchants of Death\”
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Play \”Stella by Starlight\” for Lady Macbeth
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Don\’t worry, Mr. President, help\’s on the way
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Your brothers are comin\’, there\’ll be hell to pay
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Brothers? What brothers? What\’s this about hell?
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Tell them, \”We\’re waiting, keep coming,\” we\’ll get them as well
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Love Field is where his plane touched down
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But it never did get back up off the ground
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Was a hard act to follow, second to none
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They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
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Play \”Misty\” for me and \”That Old Devil Moon\”
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Play \”Anything Goes\” and \”Memphis in June\”
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Play \”Lonely At the Top\” and \”Lonely Are the Brave\”
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Play it for Houdini spinning around his grave
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Play Jelly Roll Morton, play \”Lucille\”
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Play \”Deep In a Dream\”, and play \”Driving Wheel\”
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Play \”Moonlight Sonata\” in F-sharp
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And \”A Key to the Highway\” for the king on the harp
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Play \”Marching Through Georgia\” and \”Dumbarton\’s Drums\”
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Play darkness and death will come when it comes
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Play \”Love Me Or Leave Me\” by the great Bud Powell
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Play \”The Blood-stained Banner\”, play \”Murder Most Foul\”
[Outro]
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